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Urban green spaces and community participation: Geographies of health and community
(2013)
This research explored ways in which urban green space is valued among residents of the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of southeast Nashville, with emphasis on examining the ways in which these values influence motivation ...
Changes in reported tar yields and cigarette design in samples of Chinese cigarettes, 2009-2012
(2014)
The Chinese tobacco industry has been under the control of the government since the 1950s, and there is little done to control tobacco and its use. Due to the displaying of ISO TNCO yields on the cigarette pack, many ...
GIS and environmental modeling utilizing Cyberinfrastructure data
(2014)
Soil erosion is a serious problem because of its onsite and offsite impacts on both the environment and the economy. In order to estimate the impact of soil erosion under different environmental management scenarios, many ...
Person-centered care and sleep in older adults living in long-term care facilities
(2014)
This dissertation follows the manuscript style dissertation and aims to improve sleep quality in older adults living in long term care settings (LTC) by applying Person-Centered Care (PCC). The first manuscript is a narrative ...
Essays on health information exchange: Adoption, Usage and Patient Privacy
(2014)
Health Information Exchange (HIE) platforms have the potential to radically reduce the costs and at the same time, increase the quality of the healthcare system. Despite these benefits, the extent to which healthcare ...
Elegba, why am I ill?: Healing and transformation of persons in an Ocha community in Miami, Florida
(2014)
This dissertation examines the processes of healing and transformation experienced by persons in the Cuban American, white, middle class Orisha worship community in Miami, FL, focusing on all the areas in which healing can ...
Beyond the multitude: Restorative maintenance, storytelling, and a walking tour above a buried urban stream
(2014)
The Beyond the Multitude Inspection, Maintenance, and Tourism Agency (BMIMTA) is a performative art project proposing a speculative alternative model for public engagement, ecological research, and environmental management. ...
Social-emotional dysfunction in middle school students: The role of anxiety on the experience of peer victimization and eating disorder symptoms
(2014)
This study explored the impact of anxiety and its subtypes on the relation between peer victimization and eating disorder risk within an early adolescent sample in the context of the Social Information Processing model. ...
Factors influencing outdoor walking activity in older adults
(2014)
Older adults are particularly vulnerable to poorly designed environments. The built environment and its perceptions can potentially support or discourage this growing cohort to engage in outdoor activities. Municipalities ...
The potential role of arthroplasty, arthrodesis, and other surgical modifications to bone in the human identification process
(2012)
Surgical modifications to bone including joint replacements, joint fusions, and surgical instrumentations and fixations are characteristics that offer vital information about an individual and which have the potential to ...